Using Event Timers - Dish Network 512 User Manual

Chapter 4
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Using Event Timers

What Is Happening
You try to set up an event
timer and the receiver
displays a message noting
that the program is locked.
You try to set up an event
timer and the receiver
displays a message noting
that the program is a pay per
view event.
You try to set up an event
timer, but the receiver
displays an Error message
giving you the option to
delete an event timer that
was set up earlier.
You set up an event timer,
but the receiver does not
tune to the channel of the
program, or does not record
the program.
You set up an event timer
for a program that is
repeated (such as a regularly
scheduled program), but the
timer does not operate for a
showing of the program.
You set up an event timer,
but the timer does not
operate at all.
You set up a Once event
timer, but the timer operates
at a time different from what
you expect.
You stop the operation of an
event timer for one showing
of a program that is repeated
(such as a regularly
scheduled program), but the
timer operates for the next
showing.
You are testing a VCR code
to see if the receiver controls
a VCR. The VCR does not
do the test.
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Possible Reason
• You must enter the password
before you can create an event
timer for a locked program.
• You must order a pay per view
event before you can create an
event timer for it.
• You already have set up the
maximum number of event timers.
• You may have set up a Reminder
Event Timer but what you should
have set up is an Auto-Tune Event
Timer, or a VCR Event Timer.
• If you are using Record Plus, it is
possible that someone at the other
TV may have cancelled the timer
when it activated.
• You may have set up a timer with
an incorrect frequency.
• The program time may have
changed so that the event timer
overlapped another event timer.
The program time may have
changed by more than twenty-four
hours.
• The program time changed.
• Stopping the event timer applies
only to the current showing of the
program.
• The VCR may not be turned ON,
there may not be a tape inserted,
the tape may not be rewound, or the
write-protect tab on the tape may
have been removed.
The code you are testing may not
be valid for the VCR.
What to Do
• To be able to set up an event timer for the program, first enter the
password.
• To be able to set up an event timer for the event, first order it.
• To be able to set up a new event timer, delete one of the event
timers you set up earlier.
• Remember that a Reminder Event Timer just reminds you that the
program is about to start. An Auto-Tune Event Timer reminds you
and tunes the receiver to the channel of the program. A VCR Event
Timer reminds you, tunes the receiver, and starts the VCR.
• Make sure you set up Record Plus timers when the other TV is not
being used.
• Remember that a Once event timer operates just one time. A
Mon.-Fri. event timer operates Monday through Friday on the
same channel at the same time. A Daily event timer does the same,
Monday through Sunday. A Weekly event timer operates once a
week on the same channel at the same time.
• If the receiver is ON and finds an event timer overlap, it will
display the Event Timer Scheduling Conflict menu. You
must edit or delete one of the overlapping event timers.
No event timer will operate if the program time changes by more
than twenty-four hours.
• A Once event timer always operates at the actual time of the
program.
• To stop all operations of a repeated event timer, you must delete
the event timer.
Note: The receiver deletes a Once event timer when it operates.
• Make sure the VCR is turned ON, with a blank tape inserted on
which you want to record, that the tape is rewound, and that the
write-protect tab on the tape is intact.
Try another VCR code from the VCR Codes table.